Skylight guard



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UNITED STATES PATsNT *oFFlcE -Morris Isacoff, Newark, N. J.

Application May 29, 1946, Serial No. 673,211

l This invention relates to a guard designed and adapted to protect a skylight and otherv structures of the kind. l

The principal object of thepresent invention is the provision of a guard of the indicated character whi-ch embodies improvements enabling the parts to be readily assembled or put into place for use, and to be readily dismounted for the purpose of painting, repairing or replacement of parts as maybe needed or desired.

With the foregoing, other objectsof the invention will appear when the following specification is read in conjunction with the accompanying drawingsfin which,

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a guard constructed in accordance with the present invention;

Figure 2 is an end elevational View of the guard and showing in outline one form of skylight structure in dot and dash lines to illustrate one use of the guard; g

Figure 3 is a perspective View of the-guard, some portions being broken away;

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken ontheline 4-4 of Figure l, the skylightvbeing shown in dot and dash lines as in Figure-2. f

In the Figures l, 2, 3 and 4, the present invention is shown embodied in a guard of a shape that may be used, with a skylight having upwardly converging sides or ends and a crown or hood at the top. The guard conforms to and ts around the skylight.

The type of skylight is known as the hip` skylight, with downward sloping sides S, as depicted in Figures 2 and 4, covering a square or oblong hole in the roof; the hole being lined around its edges with a frame of wood or metal F on the outer edges of which the skylight rests. The sides S are of glass panes, with intervening ridges or metal strips which engage the edges of the panes of |glass and hold them in place. The crown or hood is usually of metal with a closed top and forms a ventilator with openings for air in its sides.

The guard comprises a plurality of panel-like sections, illustrated as side sections Il! and end sections II. The upper and lower sides of the sections are of course parallel. The number of sections used will depend upon the size of the structure to be protected, and in the present instance there are two side sections and two end sections. Each of the sections constitutes a single part of the guard and is in the shape of a trapezoid for the present use. Each section consists of a frame of metal 8, filled with coarse Wire 4 Claims. (Cl. 160-88) mesh 9 to allow a passage of light therethrough and still act as a protecting member for the sloping transparent glass panes o the skylight,

as will be understood.

In accordance with the invention the sections Il) and II'are connected to one another to fit upon and around the skylight. To this end, use is made of a rectangular frame I2 having upstanding fixed studs I3 disposed at selected points on all four sides. The-'frame I2 is intended to be put around the ventilator V. Each of the sections I0 and II has a strip I4 of metal xedly secured thereto in any suitablemanner preferably on the outside, just below the top and parallel therewith. In the strips I4 are holes I5 corresponding in number and position to the studs I3. The studs are adapted to enter the holes I5 respectively. Thus there is provided interengaging means on the sections III and rI I and the frame I2 for connecting the sections to each other at the top. The sections are arranged on the outside of the frame I2.

Additional interengaging means is provided on the sections IB and I! at or near the lower edges, to cooperate with the frame I2 and its studs I3. Accordingly, a pair of rods I6 and I6 connected by crosspieces I8 are secured to each of the sections III and II on the inside of the wire mesh of each frame 8, extending lengthwise and in spaced parallel relation therewith near the lower edge. One rod I6 of each pair is united to the mesh and the sloping ends of ea-ch frame 8 by welding or otherwise; and the other IS is held by the cross connected pieces I8 at such an angle that the plane of each pair of rods is substantially at right angles to the associated frame 8. The ends Il of the rods I6 on each section engage crosswise the adjacent ends Il of the rods I6' of two other sections, and behind the cross-.- pieces I8, as shown most clearly in Figures 1 and 3. For this purposethe end portions may be bent somewhat, or the rods I6 on the sections I0 may be offset with respect to the rods on the other sections II. Thus the sections I and II really lean upon one another and the adjacent diagonal sides of the frames 8 are disposed in contact throughout their lengths.

To assemble the sections I0 and II, the frame I2 is placed on the skylight around the ventilator V. The sections are then hung one at a time on the studs I3 by reason of the holes I5. This facilitates the crosswise engagement of the ends Il of the rods I6' which rest on the skylight. Thus both the frame I2 and the rods I5 rest on the skylight keeping the sections in spaced relation thereto. The sections I and II are detachably retained in guard forming relation with respect to each other for the protection of the skylight. These rods and the frame I2 are supported on the ridges between the glass panes of the sides S. The parts may be readily assembled for use, and also be dismounted whenever the occasion arises for doing so. It is obvious that these operations save time and labor because the sections I0 and I I may be removed from the skylight by the mere act of lifting them ofi' in a certain manner. While assembled the parts are disposed properly against one another to prevent accidental displacement.

Obviously many changes in shape and other details are permissible within the scope of the invention. the frames 8 could be united by wire loops and the rods I6-I6' omitted. If the hip skylight has no ventilator V, the sections I0 will both meet at the top to form a ridge and the sections I I will be triangular if theA skylight is oblong at the base. If it is square without ventilator, the sections I0 and I I will be triangles of the same size, meeting in a point at the top,

-and the guard will have the shape of a square pyramid. Other alterations may be adopted if desired.

My invention is thus rugged in construction and well adapted to serve its purpose.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A guard of the character described comprising a plurality'of guard sections each having parallel upper and lower sides and ends converging towards the upper sides, and having Astrips adjacent the upper sides with spaced apertures therein, a separate frame having fixed studs engaging in said apertures respectively, and interengaging means adjacent the lower sides of said sections, said studs and interengaging means serving to detachably retain said sections in guard forming relation with respect to each other.

2. A skylight guard comprising guard screen sections at the sides and ends, each of said sec- For example, the diagonal sides ofv ends of' each rod engaging adjacent connecting pieces of the rods of two adjacent sections, said studs and rod ends serving to detachably retain the sections in guard forming relation with respect to each other to fit over the skylight.

3. The guard according to claim 1 wherein said'means comprises rods which overlap at their ends, and pieces connecting the rods at their ends to said sections, the ends of the rods being engaged and retained by said pieces.

4. A guard of the character described comprising a plurality of guard sections at the sides and ends, each having parallel upper and lower sides and ends converging toward vthe upper sides, and having strips adjacent the upper sides with spaced apertures therein, a separate frame having xed studs engaging in said apertures respectively, a pair of rods aixed to the lower side of said sections, crosspieces connecting the ends of the rods of each pair, one rod of each pair being engaged by the crosspieces of adjacent pairs said studs and rods serving to detachably retain said sections in guard forming relation with respect to each other.

MORRIS ISACOFF.

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